Improvement in passenger-registers for street-cars



W. W. WILLIS. PASSENGER REGISTER FOR STREET CARS.

No. 96,526. Patented Nov. 2, 1869.

' thereon, in which-- stood some w o i WILLIAM W. WILLIS. OF CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 96,526, dated No'rmnber 2, 1869; antedu-terl October30, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN PASSENGER-REGISTERS FOR S'l'REET-CARS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thename.

To all whom it may concrrn:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. .WILLfs, of Chicago, in the county ofCook, and State of Illinois, have invented an Improved Oar-Register",and I do hereby declare thatthe thliowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the sarne, referencc being had to the accompanying drawings, andletters marked .Figure 1 is a perspective representation of one end of astreet-railroad car with my improved register in position for use.

Figure 2, a perspective view of the horizontal shaft and pinions whichdrive the register, inside of the car.

Figure 3, an elevation of the register removed from the car.

Figure 4, a side elevation of the ratchet-wheel and paw], which preventthe register from being turned backward.

Figure 5, a broken segment of the wheel which is driven by the pinion onthe horizontal shaft.

v Figure 6 represents the spring-catch on the dashboard, which preventsthe rod from turning by the motion of the car. I

The present invention relates to an improvementin that class ofregisters which is, designed to indicate the number of passengers whoget on a car, omnibus, &c.,'and thus prevent the practice of fraud. v

- E represents a vertical shaft, hieh has hearings in the floor of theplatform and in the roof, and which supports four wings, L, forming areel or gate, and nearly filling the space between thedaslr-hoard B and-vertical end of the car, as shown at fig. 1.,

At a suitable place on the shaftlfi is fasteneda bevelled pinion, F,which drives a horizontal shaft, G, figs.

-l. 2, and 3, having a pinion on one end meshing into tinpinion F, and apeculiar-shaped spring-pinion on the other end, meshing into and drivinga toothed wheel, T, figs. 3 and 5.

i The peculiarity of the last-mentioned pinion consists in the springs(I, which are rigidly fastened to the head I), and so operate in radialslots made in the periphery of the head a as to spring in and pass overthe teeth of the wheel '1 when the'rcel or gate L is turned backward, aswhen passengers leave the car, and at the same time spring out and causethe wheel '1 to register when passengers enter the car.

An ordinary metal flame, K K, supports the shaft G, the journals of thewheels '1 H, and a stud or post, J.

The latter supports a pawl, l, figs. 3 and 4, which looks into theratchet-wheel H when the spring-pinion (5 7; a is turuiugpackward.

The. shafts of the. wheels 13 ttganp rt a s fl,

which may indicateorr any ordinary dial-plate, which is to be engravedor printed on tile inside face of that part of the frame shown at K,fig. 3, the numbers b:iug multiplied by additional wheels, if required.

- Z, fig. 6, represents a s1 rr'irrg-catclr, which is fastened totheinside of the dash-board, and is so formed, with a notch in itsmiddle part, as to hold to any one of the wings L, yet in such a. manneras to loosen from it without further trouble than to press gentlyagainst the reel.

It will be seen, from this description, that a passenger cannot passthrough the reel or gate L without it registering one, and that areverse turn of the reel will not change the correctness of theregister.

A register consisting of dials, wheels,hands, 860., is

' cut of the United States, is-

1. The spring-pinion a l) d. as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the spring-pinion ab 41, wheels T H, hands f,ratchet and pawl 1, shafts E, G, gate- L, and spring Z, as described. 4

WM. XV. \VILL'IS.

Witnesses:

G.?L. CHAPIN, E. E. GIBSON.

